Rereading a page of @TonyRobbins' #AwakenTheGiantWithin. Never completed it as I'd learned similar principles from people he influenced, but still a great book.
"If you don't have a plan for pleasure [made each & every day], you will have pain."
"Questions are the answer."

@zenhabits #declutteredspace slightly offset today due to an unfortunate puncture, but will be starting with some old paper/notes lying around my room

You have to come to Denmark then. Pastry kingdom of the world!

RP @JamesScaur: My attempt at turning a $95 dose of bad luck into a reason to learn, laugh, and be thankful.

Books mentioned: The Obstacle is the Way by @RyanHoliday, The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz. https://buff.ly/2u9g4op

Tomorrow I'll intend to do another area, and I'll post pics of it too. Good timing for the #declutteredspace challenge, because I'm moving into a new flat on the 29th!

The @zenhabits #declutteredspace challenge. I'll start with my work desk. Transferred post-its to digital sticky notes, and put everything on-desk in-drawers. Sorted.
https://zenhabits.net/declutter-challenge/

Danish fun: 'ingenting' which is a meringue drizzled w/ rum:
“When guests had munched their way through six hard cakes, they would be asked what they could still eat. ‘Nothing,’ they would usually reply, and would promptly be offered ingenting (nothing).”
https://buff.ly/2MNXXMc

http://about.bitty.site/ - will maybe work?

https://about.bitty.site - I really like this, not simply because of the ingenious method of working but the inherent limitations of what you can create. Like Twitter and Dwitter.net but also unique and special in it's own way. Congratulations @alcor!

a mini-React app that loads xkcd comics: https://bit.ly/2u5MQXm (via @tacroy47 on the Verge article comments)

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/5/17538474/itty-bitty-site-self-contained-websites-urls-open-web

https://bit.ly/2lVnsQx

Hi Peepeth! I've got something cool to show you...

#lkie

And yes, I copied 'Elephant' by Tame Impala over 100 times in a playlist just for #ToolsOfTitans. I hope @tferriss is impressed.

[2/2] and I liked the sound of that, so I decided to try it out. Of course, in meta-style: while reading #ToolsOfTitans outside in the lovely NZ summer. To this day I need only open up my Spotify playlist if I want an instant curiosity/focus boost. Proof: https://spoti.fi/2lSNP9v

Back in Sep-Nov 2017 I read #ToolsOfTitans by @tferriss - which now holds a prize place as my most annotated book of all time. One of the best tools I took away was a 'focus soundtrack'. As it turns out, you can program yourself to be productive/happy [1/2]

#324: @calfussman Corners @tferriss https://open.spotify.com/episode/3R2ny5WdL58YS0EDNeQaaf?si=eEE7Zi1bSa2R9DzoBWjO0g #NowPlaying

It turns out a musician called “Jack River” (@jackrivermusic) is not an old Western country singer, but instead a mid-20s gal from Australia. I was wondering why Spotify was recommending me so much country songs but nope, not what I expected, and her music’s great!

RP @year_progress: ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░ 50%

https://twitter.com/year_progress/status/1013754160456650752

RP @ajlkn: "Some day, I want to be my own boss"

You already are
https://twitter.com/ajlkn/status/1009144428349583360

Cool, thanks for the information.

Ah yes, and Drew of course! Names are curious things.
I'm guessing you're saving Dre for when you get your medical license?

Yep, nice - and I agree. I'm working on transitioning all my online identity to JamesScaur. Plus, I reckon simply being out of the radius of a certain actor who's name ends in Beek & starred in a very excellent VICE show will help any search engine standing.

All have happened at least once before.

Oh, yes... here's some ranging from common to worst (best?)

Andrew, Andy, Andrey, and now with the intellectual 'Andrew B. Coathup'!

(also, nice A.B.C. - didn't notice that before)

But good point, thanks. As an aside, I'm also used to having an uncommon name, so having someone ask me how to spell it won't be a problem.

I'll probably say "Score with an au". Perhaps works better with a Kiwi accent? ("O for Awesome") It's bound to have some issues but I reckon once it's seen written out it'll be easy to remember. 5 chars vs. 12... Not to mention doesn't seem to have any results on Google...

However I do know there are many people out there who want to change their name regardless, so I'll try detail what it's like.

I'm not changing my first name, which I do imagine is more difficult... but still, it's 100% possible to pull off & I hope my story helps someone out.

Luckily for me I have don't have much holding me to my current surname. I've been mispronouncing it my entire life, have dealt with countless (often hilarious) misspellings, and until last year couldn't speak a word of Dutch.

It's not as clear-cut for most people...

Of course, there's disadvantages to changing your name. I'd say the older you are, the more of a career/public identity you have, and the more attached your name is to anything, the more you have to sacrifice to change it. Same goes if it's a name with a lot of tradition/history.

I'm not saying that long or hard-to-pronounce names are bad. The simple fact that there can be so many people with different names is part of what makes the world great. But names affect others. I love @aantonop but I couldn't spell his name without Googling.

Or simply reflecting on how their name creates perceptions from others:

e.g.
*People are more likely to believe statements when they are attributed to someone with an easy-to-pronounce name: https://bit.ly/2KwUCVh
*Middle names increase intelligence: https://bit.ly/2MGkdHK

Names are almost exclusively for the benefit of other people. In terms of self-concept, I can't imagine anyone saying "Well, I'm a Steve so I do Steve things"

My point is, they're for the benefit of others, and yet hardly anyone considers changing their name...

*For others to call you by
*For others to introduce you by
*For others to find you professionally, or via Google
*For others, as an identifier and differentiator
*As @naval showed, a means of public accountability- "Oprah, Trump, Kanye, Elon"
and in many more ways...

Also, just because a few people seem interested: I've done a lot of thinking about names & why/how/if they really matter. Changing your name especially seems to be a mix of taboo, oddity, or something most people simply don't consider.

But think about how your name is used...

SteemIT is cool. I'm also a big fan of Peepeth. Checkout https://app.co/ for more Dapps and @Trust wallet which includes a dapp browser in-app.

Awesome. Thanks @jm9k and @CallMeGwei. Currently it's just on S3 static hosting (so I'm not sure if I can add HTTPS? my understanding is that I need access to the server)

However, I am looking to make a more comprehensive solution with a custom coded CMS, so I'll def. add it.

Perhaps. My main concern -also behind the name change- is making it easy for others to find me when they want to. V.DK was already an acronym to save people from the frustration of finding jamesvanderklip.nz. I'll see about it once Sep rolls around.

Thx @pluma! I spent about 3mo coming up with criteria, even for a new full name, looking for something that fit my criteria. And then finally got to Scaur, a nice mix of preserving family history and easy for others to spell. Family were all good w/ it, so I'm looking fwd to it.

"99% of people are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for 'realistic' goals, paradoxically making them the most time and energy-consuming." —@tferriss via @momentumdash

The Rule of 50 for reading:
"Give a book 50 pages. When you get to the bottom of Page 50, ask yourself if you're really liking the book. If you are, of course, then great, keep on reading. But if you're not, then put it down and look for another."
https://tgam.ca/2KxeyHu

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Nice!

Currently I'm planning to change on my 20th birthday in September as a gift to myself. I'm already pretty excited about it & I definitely can't have a better stage in life (aka. young, relatively unknown) to make the change :))

... a nice touch, b/c I also have Scottish blood in me.

Plenty other reasons are behind the change, including a long-time discomfort with 'van der Klip' and the constant misspellings.

I'm sure the change will be an interesting process - I'll share an article about it after.

...how?

Well, Klip is usually translated as cliff, but it also means reef or riverbank. The English word 'Cliff' only refers to the former. But the Scottish Scaur directly translates to "steep cliff or bank": http://www.dictionary.com/browse/scaur

Which is... (cont.)

I've decided to anglicize my last name (as likely anyone who's seen my handle has guessed...lol) to Scaur.
Why?
- Brevity
- Easier to pronounce (& as I found out from Dutch family, I've pronounced it wrong my whole life)
- Scaur is a unique, exact translation of 'Klip'
(cont.)